In Entertaining Mr. Sloane, Orton’s controversial comedy concerns a landlady (Stone) who invites the titular “attractive, mischievous and dangerous” man (Baguth) back to her house where she and her brother (Suarez) “compete for his favors.” The stranger’s past, however, threatens to catch up with him as the siblings’ elderly father (Lenartz) recalls when they last met. The breakthrough comedy for young Orton premiered in England in 1964. Orton was brutally murdered three years later by his lover, Kenneth Halliwell–2017 marks the 50th Anniversary of Orton’s death.

Set and Lights are being designed by Tony Mulanix, costumes by Debbi Hobson, original music and sound design by Ellen Mandel, assistant director is Karen Case Cook, stage manager is Oscar Klausner, and vocal coach is Josh Moser. Performances are at The Wild Project, 195 East 3rd Street, in NY’s East Village.